C18th chinese famille rose porcelain dish

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese Pre 1800: item #766764
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A very unusual Chinese porcelain dish decorated in famille rose enamels with 5 figures watching a dragon flying overhead.

Dating from the C18th., it measures over 4 1/2inches (11.6 cms) across.

There is wear to the gilding and 2 short hairlines but no frits or chips.

C18th Chinese famille rose & bianco s/b tea bowl

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese Pre 1800: item #766759
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An unusual, thinly potted Chinese porcelain tea bowl decorated in famille rose enamels and bianco sopra bianco with charmingly naive paintings of figures and animals in a landscape.

Dating from the 1st half of the C18th., it measures 3 inches (7.6 cms) across.

There are frits/chips to the sharp edges and the gilding is worn. There are no cracks... Click for details

Japanese Seto porcelain cup & saucer SIGNED

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #766750
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A very finely potted semi eggshell porcelain cup and saucer beautifully painted in underglaze blue with bamboo in a typically asymetric Japanese style. There is a 10 character mark to the base of each. In addition, the cup is marked under the glaze with the letters VM which suggests this piece was part of a commissioned set.

Dating from the 1st half of the C20th., the saucer measures 5 1/2inches (14 cms) across and the ... Click for details

Japanese Banko pottery vase

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1900: item #765391
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A very unusual Japanese vase made from a light coloured pottery or stoneware in what is sometimes included in the Banko style. It is moulded with halo'ed immortals in reserves on a basket work ground.

Probably made in the 2nd half of the C19th., it stands 5 5/8inches (14.2 cms) high.

There is wear to the enamels and minor chips.

C19th chinese Yixing / I Hsing pottery tea pot

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese Pre 1900: item #765388
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A Chinese teapot made from the red clay of the Yixing (I-Hsing) kilns. The clay appears to have a hard but slightly porous quality. It has an integral leaf strainer. The is a floral mark impressed to the base.

Dating from the C19th.,it measures 7 inches from tips of spout and handle.

There is an original extensive firing fault round the base of... Click for details

Tang white stoneware box

Archives: Regional Art Pre AD 1000: item #765369
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Very rare Tang Dynasty semi transparent whitish glazed on white stoneware body cosmetic box. I have seen very few of these, most Tang pieces of this type are ovoid jars. Both halves of this piece are perfectly “matched and married”. There is a long chip on the lower mouthrim and minor hairline (both noted in enlargements), as well as some fritting on the surface (approximately 10% to20%), which is very typical for this sort of ware. The glaze inside the box is perfect as it was ... Click for details

Anasazi Tularosa Seed Jar with Double Loop-Holes

Archives: Regional Art Pre 1492: item #765118

Anasazi Tularosa Seed Jar 7 1/2" x 5" New Mexico. Cibola White Ware, 1100 - 1250 AD. Condition is Intact with No Restoration. This Tularosa Seed Jar is Intact with Two Pair of Double Loop-Holes on Top used for Hanging with Yucca Chord. -- SOLD

Japanese Sumida Gawa porcelain pottery vase Meiji

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #765065
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A Japanese Sumida Gawa vase decorated in flambe enamels on a red ground with an immortal holding a ruyi sceptre.

Dating from the late C19th / early C20th., it stands over 8 inches (20.4 cms) high.

It is in very good condition.

18th. Chinese famille rose porcelain tea bowl / cup

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese Pre 1800: item #764731
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A charming little chinese tea bowl decorated in famille rose enamels with a boy showing a fish to a lady watched by a man sitting on a rock.

Dating from the Qianlong period (1736-96), it measures 2 3/4inches (7 cms) across.

It is in good condition with no frits, chips or cracks

C18th Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl QIANLONG

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese Pre 1800: item #764726
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A finely potted chinese porcelain bowl decorated in famille rose enamels with a lady on a carpet being fanned.

Dating from the C18th., it measures 5 1/2inches (14 cms) across.

There is wear to the gilding and 2 hairline cracks.